Display-cabinet structure



.Oct. 1, 1929. ASARGENT 1,729,968

DISPLAY CABINET STRUCTURE Filed Dec. 6, 1926 Tub-" 3 0 fgg/ 42 IN VE 1V TOR ByBpkerffl-n fzaenf y/w: W- CL. ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 1 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT A. SARGENT, OF MONTPELIER, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE W. C. HELLER & 00., OF MONTPELIER, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY DISPLAY-CABINET STRUCTURE Application filed December c, 1926. Serial No. 152,943.

The present invention relates to display cabinets; and its object is to provide an improved display closure for the door of a cabinet, which may be turned to closed and opened positions and may be readily demounted from the rest of the cabinet structure and as readily remounted thereon.

This and any other and more specific objects hereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in, the cabinet structure hereinafter particularly described in the body of this specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which s Figure 1 is a face view of a cabinet, its door closure being shown in closed position;

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View thereof taken on line 22 of Figure 1, the swinging frame carrying the closure being shown in partially open position;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the closure and said frame taken on line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of upper portions of said parts, illustrating means for detachably connecting them together in turnable relation;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of the same parts taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a front side view of said parts;

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the upper portion of said frame; and

Figure 8 is a face view of lower portions of said closure and said frame shown partially in vertical central section and illustrating means for detachably connecting said parts together in turnable relation.

In the embodimentof the invention illustrated by the accompanying drawings, the cabinet 1 adapted to contain articles olfered for sale has in its front a door 2 closable by the rectangular frame 3 hingedly mounted at 4 thereon and having a rectangular opening 5 through the frame. A closure 6 for this opening is adapted to display samples (not shown) of the articles contained in the cabinet, as by mounting such samples on suitable hooks or retaining screw bolts 7 carried by the closure at both sides 8, 9, thereof.

This closure is revoluble in the opening 5 of the frame-1, so that either of its sides 8 or 9 may be turned outwardlyto displayto view the articles carried on said sides. this purpose, the closure 6 is revolubly and is also removably mounted centrally of its upper and lower ends 10, 11 on the upper and lower ends 12, 13 respectively of the frame 3, and by the following'means: The lower end or rail 13 of the frame-3 has a bearing 14 in which turns a spindle 15 carried by the lower end 11 of the closure 6, a ball bearing 16 preferably supporting the bottom of this spindle in said bearing. The closure 6 has a bearing 17 in its upper end 10 in which turns the lower end of a pivot plunger 18 axially-movable in a bearing sleeve 19 in the upper end orrail 12 of the frame 3. The opposite end of the plunger 18 is provided with a head 18 which. slidably fits within the sleeve 19. This pivot plunger is surrounded within the sleeve, by a compression spring 20 which bears between the head 18 and an inwardly extending annular shoulder 19 formed at the lower end of said sleeve bearing, The spring 20 normally urges the plunger outwardly or upwardly so that its lower end may be withdrawn out of the bearing 17 whenever the catch 21 swingably mounted at 22 on the upper end or rail 12 of the vframe '3 is turned, out of engage ment with the head'end of this pivot plunger. When the lower end of this pivot plunger is withdrawn from the closures bearing 17, the upper end of the closure may be tilted .f0r wardly, whereupon it may be lifted to carry its spindle 15 out of the bearing-"'14, whenever it may be desired to remove the closure from the rest of the cabinet structure for the purpose of mounting articles on the closure for displaying the same.

The closure '6' is provided with spring catches 25, 26 on its opposite lateral edges, which engage in the keepers 3O, 27 on the opposite sides 28, 29 of the frame 8 to releasably hold the closure in closed position with either side 8 or 9 outwardly.

The invention being intended to be point ed out in the claims, is not to be limited to or by details of construction of the particu To effect la r embodiment thereof illustrated by the drawings or hereinbefore described.

I claim:

1. A. device of the class described comprising a supporting frame, a bearing mounted on said frame, a pivot plunger ax; ially sli'dable in said bearing with'one end thereof normally projecting therefrom, a compression spring acting between said bearing and plunger for shifting said plunger end: of said sleeve, a pivot plunger axially slidable in said sleeve with one end thereof normally projecting below the end of said sleeve having said annular shoulder, a head on the other end of said pivot plunger slidably fitting within said sleeve, a compression spring surrounding said plunger within said sleeve, and bearing between said shoulder and said head for normally urging said plunger so as to withdraw said projecting end, and a catch mounted on said frame swingably in a direction transverse to the axis of the pivot plunger for engaging the head end of said plunger and retaining it within said sleeve when in one position, and for permitting said spring to shift saidj ing end of the plunger seats and about which the closure swings.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Montpelier, Ohio, this 29th day of November, 1926.

ROBERT A. SARGENT.

plunger and withdraw said projecting end' wl'ien said catch is swung to another position.

In a structure of the character described: a cabinet having a door opening; a frame mounted therein swingably to and from a position closing said door opening, said frame having an opening therethrough and a. bearing extending through one of its ends; a pivot plunger axially removable from and slidable in said bearing with one end normally projecting therefrom to opera tive position; a compression spring forshifting said plunger axially to withdraw said projecting end from operative position; a catch mounted on said end of said frame swingably in a plane parallel with that of the, frames swinging movement for preventing removal of the plunger from said bear-v ing and for preventing the; axial movement of the plunger from its operative position by said spring when the catch is swung to one position, but permittingsaid removal and, said axial movement by the spring when the catch is swung to another position; a closure in the frames opening having a socket in its end in which socket said project- 

